A local, open-source time capsule for your computer activity
PC Recap is a free, open-source app that turns your computer's own history into something you can actually look back on. It records which applications you use and for how long, then builds daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and all-time recaps out of that archive: a visual time capsule rather than a productivity scoreboard. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, is licensed under GPL-3.0, and the current beta release is v1.2.0, published on August 23, 2026.
Everything stays local. Activity is kept in a SQLite archive on your machine, with no account, no cloud sync, no telemetry and no external AI services involved. The project is honest about its starting point too: a fresh install is empty, and only real sessions or explicitly imported history fill it up. Over time, recaps grow into streaks, records, app pairings, late-night patterns and automatically detected eras of your computer life.
The limits are real. This is a beta, and the packages are unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper may warn on first install (the project documents safe steps and checksum verification). It observes foreground app use rather than every detail of your day, and it needs weeks of collection before the longer recaps mean anything. As a private, no-cost way to remember what your computer life actually looked like, it is unusually charming.
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Today, Week, Month, Year, All-Time, Decade and On This Day views, plus a zoomable historical timeline of your computer use.
Detects favorite apps, categories, pairings, streaks, records and distinct eras of use automatically from your history.
All activity is stored in a local SQLite database: no account, cloud sync, telemetry or external AI service.
Interactive replay of each day with first and last activity, longest sessions, and honest active and idle time.
No. Everything is stored in a local SQLite archive on your machine. The project documents no account, no telemetry, no cloud sync and no external AI services.
The beta packages are unsigned and the macOS builds are not notarized, so SmartScreen or Gatekeeper may show a warning. The official install guide documents safe installation steps and checksum verification.